USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) Flight Operations [Image 6 of 10]

U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

03.22.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Serpico 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

170322-N-FT178-062 U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 22, 2017) Capt. Chris Cegielski, commanding officer of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), from Cheektowaga, New York, right, departs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, on the flight deck. Lake Champlain is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of the U.S. 3rd Fleet in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Released)

• Date Taken: 03.22.2017
• Date Posted: 03.29.2017 03:35
• Photo ID: 3268161
• VIRIN: 170322-N-FT178-062
• Resolution: 1800x1157
• Size: 1.22 MB
• Location: U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
• Hometown: CHEEKTOWAGA, NY, US